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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Reviews for Jennifer Labelle's Spice It Up Series

Blurb and My Review
for Finding His Something Spicy, Spice It Up Book 2

Blurb:

Rafe Zakas had no intention of settling down until he met and
fell hard for his two closest friends, Nathan and Heidi. But, their perfect
trio fell apart when Nathan got a job offer he couldn’t refuse, relocating
them. Rafe soon realizes there’s something missing in his life, and decides he
needs to find his own something spicy to fill the void. She’s got to be open
minded and love him for him, kinkiness included, and he hopes to soon turn
their trio into a quartet with Heidi’s help.

Zoey Appleby was content with being single, until
her good friend Heidi sets her up with this gorgeous Greek Adonis named Rafe.
He awakens desires in her she never knew were there, and introduces her to a
whole new lifestyle. Shy at first Zoey has some choices to make, will it be a
new love, or the life she’s used to?

My Review:

In Finding
His Something Spicy, Jennifer Labelle’s Second story in the Spice It Up
series, again the reader is pulled into the intense and steamy world of Rafe,
Heidi and Nathan. I loved the trio in Book 1, and was thrilled to get to read
more about them again in this second story. This series works just like one
should in my opinion, leaving the reader happy at the end of book 1 but with an
element of the story line not quite wrapped up, then come back and address that
in book 2.

For me,
this was Rafe’s story even though all three plus a female addition are central
characters, it was his emotions which were at stake. Which leads me to another
point, as I am always pointing out with Labelle’s books, she is amazing with
her portrayals of the rich emotional lives of her characters. This book is no
exception. And in this series, I was really impressed at the emotional
entanglement of the trio, the way their feelings are all so dependent upon how
they are all doing.

I won’t
give anything away, but if you loved Book 1, then I know you are dying to get
Book 2 and I can tell you that you won’t be disappointed. If you haven’t yet
read Book 1, I suggest buying both and then settling in for one hot night with
these two short reads.

Blurb and My Review
for Spice It Up:

Blurb:

Heidi Taylor has fallen in love with a man who is off limits.
He’s her best friend, and she’s afraid to tell him how she really feels. So
when she hits a dry spell in her romantic life, Nathan makes it his duty to
spice things up for her, shocking her, and making her true feelings known.

Nathan De Costa met the most amazing woman alive
three years ago when he placed a roommate wanted ad in the newspaper. He’s
secretly loved Heidi for almost two years, and decides to make his move once
her love life hits a rough patch. The problem is that his sexual tastes are
risqué and he’s not sure that Heidi would be able to keep up. She shocks him by
becoming everything he’s ever wanted and more, but it’ll take almost losing her
for good before he finally makes her his, permanently.

My
Review:

It is no secret what a fan I am of Jennifer Labelle's work.
In fact, in my mind I call her the Mistress of Emotions, as I know each time I
begin reading on of her stories that I am in for an emotional ride. And, having
started reading with her novel "Meant to Be" and moving into her
Leather and Pleasure series, I have to say that with each books things just get
spicier too. With "Spice It Up" Ms. Labelle created a unique set up
and gave it the sexiest resolution yet. And it came with all the emotional
twists and turns and bumps in the road that I expect from this author. There
was a few moments that I went from feeling sorry for Nathan to thinking him a
jerk and back again, and I appreciate the reality of emotions that this author
brings to her works. They capture me, take me on a new roller coaster each
time.

Recommend this story? It goes without saying! I'm
always up for a new Labelle tale :)

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